Claims to fame : celebrity in contemporary America /

Moving from People magazine to publicists' offices to tours of stars' homes, Joshua Gamson investigates the larger-than-life terrain of American celebrity culture. In the first major academic work since the early 1940s to seriously analyze the meaning of fame in American life, Gamson begin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gamson, Joshua, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
Temas:
1900-1999
Celebrities > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Célébrités > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY.
Celebrities.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Ruhm
Soziologie
Bekende mensen.
Populaire cultuur.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
United States.
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Explaining Angelyne
  • 1. The Great and the Gifted: Celebrity in the Early Twentieth Century
  • 2. The Name and the Product: Late Twentieth-Century Celebrity
  • 3. Industrial-Strength Celebrity
  • 4. The Negotiated Celebration
  • 5. Props, Cues, and the Advantages of Not Knowing: Audiences in the World of Celebrity Production
  • 6. Hunting, Sporting, and the Willing Audience: The Celebrity-Watching Tourist Circuit
  • 7. Can't Beat the Real Thing: Production Awareness and the Problem of Authenticity
  • 8. Believing Games
  • Conclusion: Celebrity, Democracy, Power, and Play
  • Appendix: Theoretical and Methodological Notes.

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